Theo Zellner

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Theo Zellner (born February 1, 1949 in Blaibach ; lives in Bad Kötzting ) is a German local politician ( CSU ) and President of the Bavarian Red Cross . Until May 2014 he was President of the Savings Banks Association of Bavaria .

Life and work

Zellner finished his school years in 1968 with the Abitur at the Humanist Gymnasium (later the Robert Schuman Gymnasium ) Cham . This was followed by a degree in business administration and education . From 1971 he was employed as a primary school teacher at a secondary school. He finally gave up this profession in 1989 due to his political activities.

Political career

Zellner's political career began in 1964. He became active at the local and district level (first in the district of Kötzting , then in the district of Cham ) in the Junge Union . In 1978 he was finally elected to the city ​​council of Kötzting and in the same year as district councilor and sports officer in the district council of Cham. In 1982 he finally got the post of CSU chairman in Kötzting and deputy CSU district chairman in the Cham district. Two years later he was appointed second mayor of the city of Kötzting. From 1989 he held the office of First Mayor of Kötzting. In 1990 he was elected deputy district administrator for the Cham district. In 1992 he was still a member of the district assembly of the Upper Palatinate , but only until 2003. On May 1, 1996, he assumed the office of district administrator of the Cham district, which he held until April 14, 2010. On March 2, 2008 , he was confirmed in office with 81.29 percent of the vote. Since September 20, 2000, he has also been President of the Bavarian District Assembly and since November 19, 2003 Vice-President of the German District Assembly . These offices ended in 2010 because he was elected President of the Bavarian Savings Banks Association on February 26, 2010.

Memberships

Theo Zellner has been a member of the Board of Directors of DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale since June 15, 2010 . He also holds the position of Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Umweltservice Cham AG. In July 2009, Zellner was appointed to the supervisory board of Deutsche Kreditbank .

Supraregional honorary positions

Zellner also holds the following honorary positions. Since October 1, 2000 he has been a member of the CSU state executive . Furthermore, he is chairman of the action group “Living and Economic Area Landkreis Cham e. V. ", the economic development company mbH of the district of Cham, the adult education center in the district of Cham eV, the BRK district association Cham, the district association Cham of the fruit and horticultural associations , the association" Together for life - East Bavaria e. V. "and the citizens' network in the district of Cham e. V. Furthermore, he is district chairman of the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e. V. and vice chairman of the Euregio Bayer. Wald / Böhmerwald, chairman of the economic committee and member of the board of directors and advisory board of the East Bavaria tourism association

At the state assembly of the Bavarian Red Cross (BRK) on December 7, 2013 in Altötting , Zellner was elected as the successor to Christa von Thurn und Taxis as President of the BRK.

honors and awards

Theo Zellner received numerous awards during his political career, including the Citizen Medal of the City of Bad Kötzting in 1996, the Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1999), the Communal Medal of Merit in silver in 2002 and finally the Bavarian Order of Merit in 2005 . In 2007 he was awarded the “Pro Ehrenamt” award from the German Olympic Sports Confederation. In 2009 he received the Bavarian Constitutional Medal in Silver and in 2013 the Finance Medal from the Bavarian State Ministry of Finance . On March 24, 2011, Zellner received the Order of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ CSU politician becomes the new head of the savings bank in Bavaria [1] , February 26, 2010.
  2. ↑ Appointment: Prime Minister Seehofer hands out the Bavarian Order of Merit and the Federal Cross of Merit to distinguished personalities. (No longer available online.) In: bayern.de. Bavarian State Government, March 22, 2011, archived from the original on February 17, 2017 ; accessed on February 17, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / bayern.de
personal data
SURNAME Zellner, Theo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (CSU), district administrator of the Cham district
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Blaibach